Producers of Shrek The Musical have announced the show will return to the Sunderland Empire at the start of 2018. Performances, which will be directed by Nigel Harman, will run for two weeks only from Wednesday, January 31 to Sunday, February 11 2018. Harman won an Olivier Award for his fine performance […]
Newcastle Benfield will hold a second event on Wednesday March 22 to help fund the Freeman Hospital’s fight against cancer. Newcastle’s game against Sunderland RCA will be a free entry event, with a raffle being held and referee Lucy Oliver has already announced she will be donating her match fee […]
Word on Wearside will be taking a more in-depth look at the day’s headlines affecting Sunderland and the North-East, as part of our In Focus series of podcasts. In this inaugural episode, we are exploring a call from a North-East lecturer to introduce a register for hate crime offenders.
A North East smoking charity has warned smokers that simply cutting down their habit is not enough to prevent potentially fatal diseases. FRESH has relaunched their ‘Don’t be the 1’ campaign which highlights the fact that half of all long-term smokers will die from smoking. This would mean 196,000 of […]
NASA will be holding a press conference at 6pm GMT on Wednesday February 22, to announce a new “discovery beyond our solar system.” The discovery remains mysterious however the agency posted a hint on their website that they will be presenting “new findings on planets that orbit stars other than […]
Newcastle United legend and Ashington-born Jackie Milburn today had his new statue unveiled at the forefront of his hometown. The tall bronze statue takes up a position at a newly prominent position outside the recently opened £21million Leisure Centre. The statue had previously been positioned on Station Road, Ashington, but its long […]
Prince Harry has visited Gateshead Civic Centre to support a Walking With the Wounded event to learn more about what is being done to help veterans with mental health issues and those who have problems with the criminal justice system. His Royal Highness has supported Walking With the Wounded since 2010 […]
A music festival dubbed the Glastonbury of the North will be staged in August this year. Festival On The Wall features renowned headline acts The Libertines and Pet Shop Boys, as well as many other stars including Mark Ronson, Twin Atlantic and Maximo Park. Festival organisers are also set to announce […]
Sunderland eateries will showcase their unique cuisine for this years Restaurant week, which will run from March 11-19. The event returns after the initial launch in September 2016, which brought in an estimated £250,000 boost to the local economy, and saw some venues increasing footfall by up to 40 per cent. […]
Newcastle came together in the fight against bigotry and racism to protest the proposed state visit of U.S. President Donald J. Trump. Organised by anti-racism advocacy group Newcastle Unites, it aimed to bring people together to show support for a petition signed by over 2 million people telling Trump he […]